Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
21. Failing to proceed to port of embarkation.
Refusing to go on boardship.
Escaping from ship.
22. Returning to India.
23. Begging.
24. Procedure on close of imprisonment.
21. Any person entering into an agreement under section seventeen, and failing to proceed in pursuance thereof to the port therein mentioned, or refusing to embark when directed so to do under the same section, or escaping from the ship in which he has so embarked before she has reached her port of destination, shall for every such offence be punishable, whether he be or be not an European British subject, on conviction
Failing to proceed to port of embarkation.
Refusing to go on board-ship.
Escaping from ship.
1874.] European Vagrancy.
viction before a Magistrate, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months.
Source: India Code